3689 Yeates
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 5 May 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3689 |
| 1981 JJ2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22634 days (61.97 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.1209324 AU (466.88484 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6370374 AU (394.49518 Gm) |
| 2.878985 AU (430.6900 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0840392 |
| 4.89 yr (1784.3 d) | |
| 256.2924° | |
| 0° 12m 6.353s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.340843° |
| 202.16653° | |
| 163.90940° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.6357 AU (244.70 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.30693 AU (345.112 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.270 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.2 | |
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3689 Yeates (1981 JJ2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.
Named in honor of Anthony N. Yeates, geologist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources of the Commonwealth of Australia. In the course of regional geologic mapping at the southern edge of the Great Sandy desert of Western Australia, Yeates led a team of geologists that discovered the Veevers crater. This site, discovered in 1975, is the fifteenth and latest recognized locality throughout the world where meteorites have been found associated with an impact crater.[2]
References
- ↑ "3689 Yeates (1981 JJ2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Shoemaker EM; Shoemaker CS (1985). "Impact structures of Western Australia". Meteoritics. 20: 754–6. PDF
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